Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”